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March 31, 2014
¿Querido Blogger, conoces Triberr? ¿Y Networked Blogs?
Net World Network Image courtesy of Vlado / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Hola a todos:
Como con la mayoría de cosas, empecé a bloguear un poco por casualidad. Decidía publicar uno de mis libros El hombre que nunca existió (incluso entonces, en Octubre de 2012, había escrito varios pero no estaba segura de que estuvieran listos para ser publicación. ¿Hay alguien que esté realmente seguro?) y me puse a leer sobre cómo publicar. Y vender. Leí que debes tener una presencia activa en medios sociales. Y para allí me fui. Me apunté a Facebook, Twitter… Y a través de los dos conocí a mucha gente, y a otros escritores, especialmente a través de Twitter, y tuve varias conversaciones interesantes con Magda Olchawska, que entre otras sugerencias me dijo que pensara en crear un blog. Tenía una lista tan larga de sugerencias que no me pareció que me llegaría el tiempo para implementar ni una quinta parte de ellas (la vida es corta). Y un día seguí un link y me encontré leyendo un post en WordPress. Y muy amablemente WordPress me preguntó si quería tener mi propio blog y yo pensé que la ocasión la pintan calva, y ya que estaba allí… Por supuesto, una vez te lanzas, aprendes (un poco) y vas haciendo camino como puedes. He conocido a blogueros maravillosos, sigo a muchos, leo tantos posts como puedo. Le doi al me gusta (si la página me lo permite, ya que a Blogger no le gusta el me gusta), comparto, comento si me siento inspirada y tengo tiempo…
Como os he dicho varias veces soy miembro de un grupo de autores, ASMSG (Authors Social Media Support Group). Compartimos preocupaciones, problemas técnicos, consejos, alegría, quejas… Y tenemos la suerte de que en el grupo hay gente con mucho talento que siempre tienen nuevas ideas para hacernos más visible. Una de ellas fue apuntarnos a TRIBERR.
Tribber se define como ‘El hogar de los influyentes’ y es un lugar donde podéis crear ‘Tribes’ (tribus) de gente que comparte intereses similares o distintos, y que tienen un blog. Entonces, podéis compartir el contenido de los blogs de los miembros de vuestra tribu a través de Triberr, de una pasada. Hay una versión gratuita y una profesional. Si queréis tener una tribu enorme, necesitaréis la versión profesional, pero la gratuita os permite crear tribus de hasta 30 personas. Podéis registraros en el enlace de arriba, o log-in usando Facebook o Twitter (pero recordad cuál habéis usado ya que si no la próxima vez que entréis creará un perfil diferente y no encontraréis vuestra tribus).
Primero debéis añadir vuestro blog a vuestro perfil. Es posible que necesitéis el RSS feed para añadir vuestro blog pero normalmente no os será difícil encontrarlo en vuestro blog (para blogs en WordPress tenéis que añadir /feed al final de vuestra url). Podéis crear vuestras propias tribus, uniros a otras (visitadlas y solicitad entrada), os pueden invitar a las tribus de otros, y también existe la posibilidad de tomar parte en algunas de sus campañas publicitarias (según el contenido de vuestro blog) y ganar algo de dinero (de momento solo he visto campañas en inglés, pero esta iniciativa es bastante reciente). Por supuesto también podéis leer los artículos más populares, buscar blogs que os interesen y comentar (aunque debo decir que no me paso allí tanto tiempo como me gustaría…).
Una vez sois miembros de una tribu podéis entrar a la página tan a menudo como queráis (yo intento entrar al menos una vez al día) y los artículos (posts) de los miembros de la tribu aparecerán en vuestra página (stream? ), y podéis compartirlos en Twitter con solo darle a un botón. Por supuesto también podéis leerlos, comentarlos, etc… Eso quiere decir que los artículos de la tribu son distribuidos a muchísimos más lectores.
Yo pertenezco a una de las tribus del grupo de autores que os he comentado pero con otra autora creamos una Tribu que está un poco vacía (We really want to share this post ‘De verdad queremos compartir este artículo), así que si os queréis unir a nosotros, ya me lo diréis…
http://triberr.com/pages/stream.php?tribe=46411
¡Y por supuesto, si creáis una tribu nueva y queréis más miembros, yo me apunto!
Otra página que me gusta es Networked Blogs donde según ellos ‘Gran contenido encuentra a gente grande’. Es otra página de web que os permite haceros miembros y añadir vuestro blog a su red. Si alguien a quien conocéis en las redes sociales se apunta os informarán y los podéis seguir (y viceversa). Podéis rebuscar entre los blogs y seguir los que os parezcan interesantes, y os ofrece un sumario del post, con botones para compartir. Eso se visualiza en un panorama diario que os permite ver si los blogs que os interesan han publicado algún artículo nuevo. Yo lo uso para encontrar contenido interesante y luego lo comparto en varias redes (Pinterest, Google, Twitter, Facebook). También me permite compartir el contenido de los blogs de gente a la que conozco y sigo desde una misma página sin necesitad de entrar y salir a varios sitios. ¡Echadle un vistazo y a ver qué os parece!
http://www.networkedblogs.com/
Estoy explorando Blog Loving ahora mismo y estoy segura de que tenéis vuestros favoritos. ¡No seáis tímidos y compartid!
¡Gracias por leer, y como siempre, si os ha parecido interesante, dadle al me gusta, compartid, comentad, y haced CLIC!
Dear Blogger, do you know about Triberr? And Networked Blogs?
Net World Network Image courtesy of Vlado / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Hi all:
Like everything else, I got involved in blogging as a bit of an afterthought. I decided to publish one of my books The Man Who Never Was (even then, in October 2012, I had written a few but wasn’t sure if they were ready for publication. Who is ever sure?) and I read about publishing. And selling. You have to have a presence in social networking sites, I read. And there I went. I signed myself for Facebook, Twitter… I met people and other writers through both, particularly Twitter, and I had interesting exchanges and advice from Magda Olchawska, who among her suggestions told me I should think about having a blog. There were so many suggestions I didn’t know how I’d manage to implement even a quarter of them. And then I was following a link one day and found myself reading somebody’s blog in WordPress. And very kindly the site asked me if I wanted to have a blog and I thought… hey, if you make it that easy… Of course once you start, you learn (a bit) and get going as best you can.
I’ve met wonderful bloggers, I follow many, I read as much as I can. I like (where you can, Blogger is mean and doesn’t allow you to like), I share, I comment when I feel inspired and have time for it…
As I’ve told you many times I’m a member of a group of authors, ASMSG (Authors Social Media Support Group). We share our concerns, technical problems, advice, joy, rants… And we’re blessed with people who keep coming up with new ideas to make us more visible. One of them was to join TRIBERR.
Triberr calls itself ‘Home of Influencers’ and it’s a place where you can create ‘tribes’ of people with similar interests or different interests, who blog. Then, you can share the blog contents for the member of your tribes in Twitter, in an easy sweep. There is a free version and a professional version. If you want to have a huge tribe, you’ll need the professional one, but the free one allows for tribes of up to 30 people. You can register on the link above, or log in using either Facebook or Twitter (but whichever one you use to log in, try and remember it, as otherwise you’ll create a second profile and will not see your tribes).
You’ll need to link your own blog to your account (depending on the blog it will be the RSS feed or the url/feed for WordPress blogs) and then you’re ready to join in the fun! You can create your own tribe, you can join others (check them and ask to join), you can be invited to tribes, and there is also the possibility of joining some of their publicity campaigns (depending on the content of your blog) and making some money. You can of course read what’s hot, look for blogs, and comment on them (I must say I don’t spend as much time as I’d like there but…).
Once you are a member of a Tribe, you can log in as often as you like (I try and do it at least once a day but it depends on the number of members and how often they blog) and the posts for the members of your tribe will appear in your stream, and you can share them in Twitter by just clicking a button. You can of course read them, comment, etc…That results in the posts being shared exponentially to many more readers.
I belong to one of the Tribes of the group of authors I mentioned but with another author created a Tribe (We really want to share this post) that it’s a bit lonely, so if you want to join us, let us know…
http://triberr.com/pages/stream.php?tribe=46411
Oh, and if you create a new Tribe and want more members, let me know!
Another place I like is Networked Blogs where according to them ‘Great Content Meets Great People’. It’s another site that allows you to join and will add your blog to their network. If somebody you know in a networking site joins you’ll be informed and can follow them (and vice versa). You can rummage through the blogs there and follow any you find interesting, and it offers you a brief summary of the post, with share buttons. This is displayed in a daily panorama that allows you to see if blogging sites you’re interested in have posted anything new. I use them to find content I’m interested in and share in other sites (Pinterest, Google, Twitter, Facebook). It also allows me to share content of blogs for people I know and follow within a single website, without having to log in and out of various places. Have a look and see what you think!
http://www.networkedblogs.com/
I’m exploring Blog Loving at the moment and I’m sure you have your own favourites. Do share!
Thanks for reading, and as usual, if you’ve found it interesting, like, share, comment and CLICK!
March 27, 2014
Novedades literarias. ‘El cura que costó un papado’ de Adelfa Martín
Hola a todos:
Como sabéis los viernes de este mes os traigo novedades literarias, algunas de autores que ya han sido invitados míos, y otros de autores a los que he descubierto hace poco. Hoy os traigo a Adelfa Martín, que visitó mi blog hace unos meses, y vuelve con su último libro, calentito de la prensa, y de tema polémico y actual.
El cura que costó un papado
El cura que costó un papado
Este libro tal vez pueda considerarse, más que una novela corta, un texto de periodismo de investigación, aunque el tema es completamente ficticio.
Sea calificado como sea, son 100 páginas y 13.800 palabras que leerás con la misma intensidad con que fueron escritas.
Antonio Laicram Leicam de La Rosa, un sacerdote que llega a tener un enorme poder dentro de la Iglesia, es acusado reiteradamente de pederastia, sin embargo, sabiéndose protegido debido a su habilidad para comprar conciencias, actúa con total desparpajo por varias décadas, al mismo tiempo que construye una gigantesca obra apostólica que lo trascenderá, dejando además tras de si una enorme fortuna, no solo para la Iglesia, sino para sus descendientes.
Una mente corrupta que nos deja impactados por su cinismo, pero sobre todo, por la impunidad con la que actuó.
Una historia que podrás concebir solo como producto de una imaginación calenturienta.
Enlace:
Gracias por leer, y si os ha gustado, no os olvidéis de darle al me gusta, comentar, compartir, y hacer CLIC!
New books. S. R. Mallery’s ‘Unexpected Gifts’ and ‘Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads’
Hi all:
As I’ve been doing recently I share today two recent works by a guest author that you should follow. S. R. Mallery is a writer I met through one of the groups of writers I belong to and must admit I was fascinated by the title of one of her works. Now that I’ve read it (and I include the review in this post), the title reflects well the inventiveness, breadth and quality of the work. And, as a special surprise, the author is running a giveaway of Sewing Can Be Dangerous… in Goodread, so I leave you the link (you only have time until the 12th April, so don’t waste any time!)
But let’s the books talk for themselves.
Unexpected Gifts by S. R. Mallery
Unexpected gifst by S. R. Mallery
Can we learn from our ancestral past? Do our relatives behaviors help mold our own? In Unexpected Gifts, that is precisely what happens to Sonia, a confused college student, forever choosing the wrong man. Searching for answers, she begins to read her family’s diaries and journals from America’s past: the Vietnam War, Woodstock, and Timothy Leary era; Tupperware parties, McCarthyism, and Black Power; the Great Depression, dance marathons, and Eleanor Roosevelt; the immigrant experience and the Suffragists. Back and forth the book journeys weaving yesteryear with modern life until finally, she gains enough clarity to make the right choices.
E-book edition:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GU0T3G6/
In paper:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0988954206/
Sewing Can Be Dangerous by S. R. Mallery
Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads
The eleven long short stories in “Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads combine history, mystery, action and/or romance, and range from drug trafficking using Guatemalan hand-woven wallets, to an Antebellum U. S. slave using codes in her quilts as a message system to freedom; from an ex-journalist and her Hopi Indian maid solving a cold case together involving Katchina spirits, to a couple hiding Christian passports in a comforter in Nazi Germany; from a wedding quilt curse dating back to the Salem Witchcraft trials, to a mystery involving a young seamstress in the infamous Triangle Shirt Factory fire; from a 1980’s Romeo and Juliet romance between a rising Wall Street financial ‘star’ and an eclectic fiber artist, to a Haight-Asbury love affair between a professor and a beautiful macramé artist gone horribly askew, just to name a few.
E-book:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HLTBH78/
In paper:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0989310574/
And the GIVEAWAY:
And my review of Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads
Women, sewing, history and storytelling.
Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads by S. R. Mallery is an extraordinary collection of 11 short stories with a common ‘thread’, sewing and allied crafts. The stories have an incredible breadth, not only because of the variety of the plots (and they are all very different) but also because of their well-researched and vivid historical settings, and their diverse genres. We go from immigrants in early XX century America, to the slavery period, from mid-Western pioneers, to the Salem witch trials, from the Zodiac serial killer in San Francisco, to a quilting teacher turned sleuth in a cruise, from the Germany of the Nazi era to modern time Native American reservations and everywhere in between. I’m not an expert in quilting (although I’ve always wanted to learn, now even more after reading the book) but this book is a quilt of stories, where each piece and patch brings its own memories to create a complex design, not a crazy quilt but something more than the sum of its parts.
At the heart of the stories are the women, who might use their skills to make a living, to survive and create a better future for those they look after, to express their artistry, to pass on cultural and spiritual traditions, to get revenge, to escape, to fight… Because it’s not only the big gestures that make the society we live in, but each small stich is a piece of the puzzle that is life.
S. R. Mallery brings to life a fantastic array of characters and recreates vividly the historical periods where the stories are set. The reader gets dragged into the moment and shares with the protagonists their unique experiences. If I had to choose one I’d go with ‘Precious Gifts’ that I loved and took me completely by surprise.
I recommend this collection to everybody, whichever your genre of preference, no matter if you like sewing or not. Go and read it. You’ll be amazed and feel better for it.
Thank you for reading, and if you’ve enjoyed it, like, share, comment and CLICK!
March 24, 2014
And it’s goodbye from me
I’m not saying goodbye to my blog. You might remember that I published a post about changes a few weeks ago. This is my last week at my job. I finish this Friday (28th of March), after nearly 8 years here (it would have been 8 years in May).
Caricature doctor dog Image courtesy of Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
As some of you know, I work as a psychiatrist in a forensic unit. I work for the NHS (National Health System) in the UK. I came to this job after working for nearly two years in the private sector (also in forensic psychiatry, in a medium secure unit). I had no issues with the care offered there, and the pay was better than in the NHS (even after nearly 8 years here I only now I’m close to the same pay I had there). I left partly because I wanted to do further training (and it was difficult in a smaller organisation not set up to offer training opportunities) but also because the idea of medicine being run as a business didn’t quite fit in my head. The company could be bought and sold overnight to anybody (a petrol company, an investment firm, another health organisation) and you had no saying on the matter. It was difficult to know in which direction things were going when you didn’t know who was in charge from one day to the next.
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I came back to the NHS, taking a pay cut (although my pay was quite reasonable for NHS standards in my particular role, as I was fairly experienced), because I felt at least I’d have some sense of where we were going. Years later I can honestly say I don’t like where things are going. I understand the NHS is a mammoth that swallows any money thrown at it. I also understand that things have changed dramatically from the time of its inception, when population was younger, smaller, and less demanding. Medicine has also changed, becoming much more reliant on technology and expensive procedures and medication (although some of the interventions that would increase massively the health of the population are not expensive, but convincing people to stop doing things that are harmful is very difficult). And yet, telling people that you can do the same job for less money (or they’ll find others who will), cutting beds, getting rid of hospitals, and relying on systems of reporting and accounting that cannot reflect what is really important is not much of an answer. I’ve had enough and I’m off. I hope things get better, but I can’t see it. May I be wrong.
Thanks for reading and feel free to like, share and comment.
As a postscript, I intend to carry on blogging, if at all I can, although I might be itinerant for a while and doing some exploring. I will try and leave some posts prepared in advance and I hope my adventures will give me even more material for future posts. But if I’m missing or not replying to comments for a while, assume I’m somewhere having fun!
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Adiós con el corazón
No me despido del blog, no es eso. No sé si recordaréis que hace unas semanas publiqué un post sobre cambios y el futuro. Esta es mi última semana en el trabajo que llevo haciendo casi 8 años (serían 8 en Mayo) y el día 28, este viernes, es mi último día.
Caricature doctor dogImage courtesy of Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Como algunos sabréis, trabajo de psiquiatra en un hospital de baja seguridad (forense). Trabajo para el NHS (National Health Service, parecido a la Seguridad Social en España, un sistema de salud público, y en principio, gratuito para residentes en el Reino Unido). Llegué a este empleo después de trabajar casi dos años en el sector privado (también de psiquiatra forense, en una unidad de seguridad media). La atención a los pacientes era buena, y me pagaban más que en el NHS (me ha costado casi 8 años alcanzar un salario parecido al que cobraba allí). Dejé mi trabajo anterior en parte porque quería seguir con mi formación (y era difícil en una organización más pequeña sin demasiadas oportunidades de cambio o expansión) pero también porque la idea de que la medicina se lleve como un negocio más no me acababa de encajar en la cabeza. La compañía podía ser comprada o vendida de la noche a la mañana por cualquiera (una compañía petrolera, un grupo de inversores, otra organización que se dedique a la sanidad) y tú no tenías ni voz ni voto. Era difícil saber en qué dirección iban las cosas cuando no sabías quién estaba a cargo de un momento a otro.
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Volví al NHS, con reducción de sueldo (aunque mi salario era más que razonable para mi posición y estándares del NHS en aquella época, ya que yo tenía bastante experiencia), porque me pareció que aquí al menos tendría alguna idea de hacia adónde iba la organización. Años después puedo decir sinceramente que no me gusta la dirección que han tomado las cosas. Entiendo que el NHS es un dinosaurio enorme que se traga todo el dinero que le echen. También entiendo que las cosas han cambiado mucho desde que se creó la organización (1946), cuando la población era más joven, mucho más reducida, y menos exigente. La Medicina también ha cambiado mucho, depende mucho más de la tecnología, y de intervenciones y medicaciones caras (aunque algunas de las iniciativas que conseguirían mejorar dramáticamente las salud de la población no sean caras, pero convencer a las personas de que dejen de hacer las cosas que les hacen daño no es nada fácil). A pesar de eso, decirle a los trabajadores de sanidad que pueden hacer el mismo trabajo por menos dinero (o encontrarán a otros que lo hagan), reduciendo el número de camas, cerrando hospitales, y confiando en sistemas de contabilidad y recoger información que no reflejan lo que de verdad es importante no me parece una respuesta adecuada. Y no puedo más y me voy. Espero que las cosas mejoren, pero no veo cómo. Confío en equivocarme.
Gracias por leer y si os apetece darle al me gusta, compartir y comentar, yo encantada.
Como postdata deciros que tengo la intención de seguir con el blog, si puedo, aunque puede que ande itinerante y de exploración por algún tiempo. Intentaré dejar algunos posts preparados por adelantado y confío en que mis aventuras me proporcionarán material para artículos futuros. Pero si veis que no ando por aquí o no contesto a los comentarios, ¡asumid que estoy divirtiéndome en algun lugar del universo!
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March 20, 2014
Novedades literarias. Hoy ‘Soy un asesino… sin serie’ de Frank Spoiler.
Hola a todos:
Como sabéis este mes estoy dedicando el post de los viernes a traeros algunas novedades literarias de los últimos meses. Si seguís mis posts, recordaréis que hablé de Frank Spoiler (que también ha sido invitado mío en otra ocasión, trayéndonos sus micros de terror y sus poesías) cuando comentaba cómo usan Wattpad los autores. Ya que hablé de su novela ‘Soy un asesino… sin serie’ me pareció de obligación traerla al blog para daros un poco más de información.
Soy una asesino… sin serie. Autor: Franks Spoiler, portada: Olga Artigas
Como veréis la portada de Olga Artigas es espectacular, y el libro está teniendo mucho éxito.
¿Por qué? Os dejo la descripción para que daros alguna pista.
Si tuviera una respuesta a mis actos, seguramente no sería coherente ni satisfactoria, no existe justificación alguna en un asesinato.
«Quizás os pueda parecer un asesino muy peculiar y simpático, pero no es cierto, “no hay asesino simpático, solo asesinos sin sentimientos”. Si una vez te cruzas conmigo, no esperes a que te sonría, corre… corre y no pares hasta que llegues ante cualquier comisaría de policía, y no dudes jamás en denunciarme. Tu vida y no la mía, estará en peligro.
Nunca penséis que no existen asesinos como Gabriel, los tenéis incluso de vecinos, amigos o incluso, pueden ser familiares cercanos vuestros. En cada sonrisa devuelta, puede haber un asesino esperando que le des la espalda.
“Esta historia la cuento yo, Gabriel. Nunca quise ser lo que fui o soy, pero no vengo a disculparme; ni me hace falta ni quiero hacerlo. Cometí muchos crímenes, algunos de ellos, me horrorizan hasta a mí. Nunca seré un santo, sin embargo, tengo algo a mi favor; conozco el final de esta historia”.
Si os ha intrigado… está disponible en descarga electrónica, y en papel:
http://myBook.to/frank-spoiler
En papel:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1494338335/
En La Casa del Libro:
http://www.casadellibro.com/ebook-soy-un-asesino-sin-serie-ebook/9781494338336/2243709
Gracias por leer el post, y si os ha gustado, ya sabéis, dadle al me gusta, comentad, compartid, y haced CLIC!
New books. Casey Clipper´s ´The Boss´s Love´and three prequels. Contemporary Romance with an Edge.
Hi all:
As you know I’m dedicating some posts to new books, and today I bring you three books by Casey Clipper, a new author in one of the groups I frequent. She writes contemporary romance, but not your standard feel-good novel, but one with darker themes. And rather than writing a standard series, what Casey has decided to do is to complete the story she tells in her novel ‘The Boss’s Love‘ by writing three prequels explaining the backstories of the three main characters in the story. I leave you the novels and their descriptions, as they talk for themselves:
The Boss’s Love by Casey Clipper
The Boss’s Love
Love isn’t always clean, all hearts and flowers and perfect. Love is a daily fight, especially when your world is anything but…legal.
Daren Murphy, along with his brother Derrick, are men not to be crossed. Darren is head of a world where rules don’t apply, the law can be bought and bent at will, and love isn’t an option. Until Courtney Millen. Upon meeting the beautiful blonde, Courtney immediately captures his interest. She quickly becomes his obsession and after coming to her rescue during an attack, Darren vows to make certain Courtney belongs to him. Permanently.
Courtney Millen is a successful real estate agent, who catches the eye of eligible bachelor Darren Murphy. His heroics on the fateful day of their meeting throws Darren into her life, and he doesn’t seem anxious to leave anytime soon.
After Darren finally muscles his way into Courtney’s life, their relationship is everything they could have ever wanted, until the FBI decides it’s time to bring down the head of the organized Murphy crime ring. The FBI’s agent is determined to use Darren’s greatest weakness, Courtney, against him. The fallout of the FBI’s pursuit is great, something Darren and his brother had not foreseen. No one, even the government agency, anticipated agent John Marshall’s singular obsession with Courtney. His means to get the woman for himself knows no boundaries.
The Murphy organization gets turned inside out by the newly turned rogue agent. Courtney’s life is riddled with decisions she must make but never planned to be a part of, and leaves one brother to pick up the pieces of their shattered world.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C4VH9RK/
Darren’s Story. A Prequel
Darren’s story. Novella by Casey Clipper
Darren Murphy, notorious mobster and ruthless mastermind of the Murphy organization has power, money, and is not to be crossed. He’s built himself a thriving empire, but the one thing he desires most in the world eludes him. Until he meets Courtney Millen, who becomes his obsession. He’ll go to any means and use all his resources to get to her.
This is Darren’s backstory. Read about how those in his inner circle find their way into his world. From the day he’s brought home from the hospital after his birth, his high school and college years, to getting his hands dirty in the seedy world he created, to the day he meets Courtney Millen is covered in this story.
**This prequel is in no particular order.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I3UGRUG/
Courtnery’s story by Casey Clipper
Courtney’s Story. A Prequel
Courtney Millen, an only child to a military dad and stay-at-home mom, is kept sheltered by her parents and two close cousins until she turns seventeen. When her cousins leave for the Navy, she spends years trying to find herself, including losing her virginity, choosing a career, and falling in love with a man who hides his dark side until he has her under thumb. Courtney’s life becomes a daily effort in survival. Until Darren Murphy. An hour alone with the handsome, eligible bachelor sends Courtney into a dizzy whirlwind of possibilities she has no idea are being chosen for her. Life takes a dramatic turn she never saw coming, in the form of Mr. Murphy and his entourage.
**This prequel is in no particular order.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IFTZ8VO/
Derrick’s story by Casey Clipper
Derrick’s Story. A Prequel
Derrick Murphy, brother of notorious mobster Darren Murphy, is a cold and cunning man who is in line to take over the Murphy organization. Closed off from everyone around him, he internally battles with himself over his obsession with the woman in his brother’s life. Surprisingly, his relationship with Courtney blooms into an unexpected commodity for his brother and an unexpected, potential weakness for himself.
**This prequel is in no particular order.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I3UGOY0/
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March 17, 2014
Conrado Miret ya tiene placa conmemorativa!/ Conrado Miret has a commemorative plaque!
Hola a todos. Recordaréis que os he hablado varias veces sobre los tíos de mi madre, Josep y Conrado Miret, que dejaron España a finales de la Guerra Civil y lucharon con la resistencia Francesa. Mi primo Joan Molet lleva mucho tiempo documentándose sobre el tema y se ha interesado especialmente por las historias de muchos luchadores republicanos españoles .
El año pasado, tras mucho tiempo de intentar verificar lo que le había pasado a Conrado, por fin se encontró un documento que confirmaba que había muerto (torturado) en la prisión de la Santé (en París) el 27 de Febrero de 1942.
Y tras esfuerzo conjunto, ahora hay una placa conmemorativa donde estaba ubicada la prisión, para recordar el hecho.
Conrado MIRET MUSTE – reconocimiento en Paris
Os dejo una foto de Josep en el frente de Aragón (en primer plano con las botas, sin gorro). Companys, con el sombrero, a su lado.
Josep Miret en el Frente de Aragón
Y enlaces a previous posts:
Gracias por leer y por seguir los acontecimientos, y espero poder dedicar más tiempo a compartir información sobre el tema dentro de poco. Y si os interesa, dadle al me gusta, comentad, compartid.
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If you’ve read some of my other posts about my mother’s uncles, Josep and Conrado Miret, you’ll remember they left Spain towards the end of the Civil War and passed to France where they fought with the French Resistance. My cousin Joan Molet has been working hard researching the history of the family and has managed to trace back a number of documents. Through his insistence (and with the help of others interested also in the history and fate of many Republican fighters) it was finally confirmed that Conrado had died (tortured) in the prison of la Santé (Paris). Now, there is a plaque on the site of the old prison to commemorate Conrado and with him the fate of many of the fighters of the French Resistance.
I leave you a link with a copy of the picture of the plaque above. I also include a picture of Josep Miret in the Aragon Front during the Spanish Civil war (with President of Catalonia, Companys).
Some links to recent posts on the series:
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Happy Launch Day to my author friend Angel Sefer for “Spellbound in His Arms”!
Hi all:
Usually I bring you one of my posts (and I’m still doing that but doing a brief bilingual post instead) on Tuesdays, but when author Angel Sefer asked me to feature her new book, I thought you wouldn’t be happy if I said no. So here it is.
Her award-winning, Romantic Mystery & Suspense #1 Barnes & Noble Bestseller and #2 Amazon Bestseller, “Spellbound in His Arms”, was just republished by Booktrope.
Cover of ‘Spellbound in His Arms’
Blurb:
A mansion full of secrets…
From the moment investigative reporter Jackie Alexander steps foot inside the mansion dominating the Demiris estate on the beautiful Greek island of Corfu, her suspicions are on high alert. This is no ordinary assignment… the life of her beloved cousin, Aphrodite, is in grave danger, as the heirs to the incredible fortune of Greek tycoon Andreas Demiris are dying one after the other, under mysterious circumstances.
A man with secrets of his own…
The only person who can help Jackie is Michael Apostolou, former Special Forces Officer and one of the finest detectives on the Athens police force. Jackie realizes soon enough that despite her simmering desire for him, she can’t really trust him, as the seductive detective seems to be investigating those mysterious deaths for reasons of his own.
Trusting the wrong person can be deadly…
Jackie and Michael are forced to work together, but the suspicions and unanswered questions are devouring them, just like their rising passion for each other. In games like this, the stakes are high and the players are ruthless. When Jackie is kidnapped by the most dangerous player of all, time is running out as Michael is forced to choose between jeopardizing his mission and personal quest for justice, or the life of the gorgeous intruder of his heart…
About the Author
Author Angel Sefer
Angel Sefer was born in Athens, Greece. She has studied and worked on both sides of the Atlantic. She holds a degree in Economics and divides her time between the corporate world and her true passion: reading and writing romantic mystery and suspense novels.
She lives in Athens, Greece, with the two loves of her life — her son and her husband.
Angel is a member of several writers groups.
Links to buy:
Amazon: http://viewbook.at/SpellboundInHisArms
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1eFkkL1
Thanks so my to Angel for bringing us the news about her book (I adore the cover!), and thanks to all of you for reading, and as you know, if you’ve enjoyed it, please like, share, comment and of course, CLICK!
Author Translator Olga
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